Car-fender.



Y. M.k GRGHMOU. GAR FENDER.

APLIUATION IILED JULY 28, 1908.

929,397. Patented July 27, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

YVES MARIE CROHRIOU, OF MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA.

GAR-FENDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Yvns M. CRCHRIOU, a citizen of the United States,residing at Monterey', in the county of Monterey and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Car-Fenders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fenders for street cars and it has for itsobject to provide a car fender of simple, durable and substantialconstruction, reliable and effective in use, and so designed'as toprevent injury to persons struck or picked up thereby.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a pneumatic rollerarranged at the striking part of the fender so as to form a cushion, theroller being adapted to rotate in such a direction as to exert atendency to throw any objects into the net of the fender instead ofpassing under the latter and the car.

With these objects in view and others, as will appear as the descriptionproceeds, the invention comprises the various novel features ofconstruction and arrangement of parts which will be more fully describedhereinafter and set forth with particularity in the claim appendedhereto.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one embodiment of theinvention, Figure l is a perspective view of the front portion of a carwith the improved fender applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a detail sectionalview on line 2-2, Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view takenlongitudinally through one end of the roller.

Similar reference characters are employed to designate correspondingparts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawing, l designates the net of the fender which ismade of wire, rope or other suitable material and has its rear endconnected with a cross bar 2 mounted on arms of the brackets 8 securedto the front dash of the car, while the front end of the net is securedto a second cross bar l carried on the outer ends of parallel links orarms 5 which are hingedly connected at 6 Specification of LettersPatent.

Application led July 28, 1908.

Patented July 27', 1909.

Serial No. 445,821.

to the brackets 3 at a point below the arms thereof that support the rod2. The said members 5 are suspended adjacent their outer ends by rods 7that have their upper rear ends attached to the car at 8, the forwardends of the rods being adjustably connectedwith the side members 5 bypins 9 passing` through any opening 10 in the side members and theopenings in the rods them selves. By this means, the side members can beset at any desired angle to throw the front of the fender into properrelation with respect to the road-bed. Supported on the side members 5at a point in front of the rod Il is a hollow roller 1l of rubber orother suitable material which is closed and contains air so as to form acushioning device for lessening the injury in case the fender strikes aperson. Passing through the roller is a rod l2 that passes through theends of the members 5 and secured to the end of the roller is a ratchetwheel 13, with which engages a pawl 14, the pawl and ratchet teeth beingso arranged as to permit the roll to turn in a direction for leadingobjects that engage on the roll into the net and thus pre* vent themfrom passing under the net between the roll and the road-bed.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is :d

A fender comprising brackets, a rod sup ported by the brackets, sidemembers pivotally mounted on the brackets, a cross rod carried by thefront ends of t-he members, a netting secured to the rods, rods attachedto the car and adjustably connected with the members, a rotatablecushioning device eX- tending across the front end of the net andsupported on the side members, and aratchet wheel and pawl device forcontrolling the rotation of the cushioning device.

In testimony whereof I my signature in presence of two witnesses.

YVES MARIE CRCHRIOU.

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